Clinical trials: Pediatric Brain Tumors
Brain Tumor, Microbiota
MICRO-BRAIN 2024: Study on Pediatric Brain Tumors
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the human gut microbiota, whose health is characterised by high microbial diversity.
- Trial name
- NCT07417085
- Testing
- Biological samples, Fecal samples
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasm, Intracranial Pressure Increase
Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Pediatric Patients
Endotracheal intubation and laryngeal mask are generally applied to secure the airway during general anesthesia. There is a widespread opinion among anesthesiologists that endotracheal intubation increases intracranial pressure.
- Conditions
- Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasm, Intracranial Pressure Increase, Intubation Complication, Airway Complication of Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT05445271
- Testing
- Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement with linear ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Pediatric Cancer
Efficacy of Cognitive and Physical Trainings in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
Cancer survival comes at a price: pediatric cancer survivors have a high risk for a wide range of cognitive difficulties, particularly survivors of cancer involving the central nervous system (CNS, e.g., brain tumors [BT]) are…
- Trial name
- NCT02749877
- Testing
- Working Memory Training, Physical Training
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly
Using NPT to Evaluate Providing PPC as ELNEC-PPC WBT for Nurses
The purpose of this study is to explain the provision of palliative care at the end of life by the implementation of the ELNEC course, as WBT Program using the Normalization Process Theory, that focus attention on how complex…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly, Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- ELNEC-PPC (NCT04461561)
- Testing
- end-of-life nursing education consortium-pediatric palliative care as web based-training plus usual care
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altoosi University College
Medulloblastoma
Social Cognition and Brain Integrity in Survivors of Pediatric Medulloblastoma
Survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma (MB) are at-risk for neurocognitive and social deficits, including specific skills such as facial affect recognition which is the ability to recognize the emotional expressions of another…
- Trial name
- NCT02747576
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS
Unhide® Project: A Digital Health Platform to Collect Lifestyle Data for Brain Inflammation Research
The unhide® Project is a non-interventional, longitudinal research study designed to establish a secure data repository of demographic, health, and lifestyle information from individuals with brain inflammation and related…
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS, Rheumatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Trial name
- NCT04806620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Inflammation Collaborative
Amblyopia, Myopia
Performance of a Photoscreener for Vision Screening in a Haitian Pediatric Population
Screening of haitian children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old for amblyogenic risk factors with the use of the Spot photoscreener. The photoscreener results will be compared to the complete ophthalmologic evaluation.
- Conditions
- Amblyopia, Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism
- Trial name
- POPH (NCT02655432)
- Testing
- Spot photoscreener, Ophthalmologic evaluation, Cyclopleged refraction
- Where
- 3 sites in Haiti
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Montréal
Pediatric ALL, Concussion, Mild
Concussion Active Rehabilitation
In this study, the investigator plans a randomized trial of active rehabilitation and standard care for acute concussion management.
- Conditions
- Pediatric ALL, Concussion, Mild, Concussion, Brain, Concussion, Intermediate
- Trial name
- NCT04248218
- Testing
- Active Rehabilitation Group/Case
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Central Nervous System Sarcoma, Ependymoma
StrataXRT in Preventing Radiation Dermatitis in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy to the Brain or Spinal Cord
This phase I trial studies the side effects of a silicone topical wound dressing (StrataXRT) and to see how well it works in preventing radiation dermatitis (skin burns and side effects caused by radiation) in pediatric patients…
- Conditions
- Central Nervous System Sarcoma, Ependymoma, Glioma, Malignant Intracranial Germ Cell Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT03990597
- Testing
- Questionnaire Administration, Wound Dressing Material
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Brain Neoplasms, Glioma
A Pediatric Phase I Trial of RMP-7 and Carboplatin in Brain Tumors
The presence of a highly selective blood-brain barrier (BBB) at the level of the brain capillary endothelium prevents chemotherapeutic agents from attaining therapeutic concentrations at the target site.
- Conditions
- Brain Neoplasms, Glioma, Medulloblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT00001502
- Testing
- RMP-7 and carboplatin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Pediatric Solid Tumor, Pediatric Brain Tumor
Effects of Music and Maternal Voice on Sedation Depth and Sedative Use During Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
To evaluate the effects of music and maternal voice in children on sedation depth and sedative use during pediatric magnetic resonance imaging.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Solid Tumor, Pediatric Brain Tumor, Pediatric Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04944875
- Testing
- Group headphone, Group music, Group maternal voice
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TC Erciyes University
Cancer Brain, Pediatric Cancer
Memory Neuroimaging in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults Following Pediatric Cancer
Brain tumours are the leading cause of cancer-related death and morbidity in children, adolescents and young adults. The brain is also one of the most sensitive organs to treatments used in pediatric oncology, even for cancers…
- Trial name
- IMPALA (NCT04324450)
- Testing
- MRI, Cognitive assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Leukemia (Both ALL and AML), Brain Tumors
Efficacy of a Smart Holistic Health Care Platform Intervention on Cancer Children and Parents' Bio-Psycho-Social and Spiritual Health
This multicenter randomized controlled trial aims to develop and evaluate two Smart Holistic Health Care Platforms (SHHCPs) for families of children with cancer in Taiwan: the Parent Smart Holistic Health Care Platform (P-SHHCP)…
- Trial name
- NCT07805096
- Testing
- Parent Smart Holistic Health Care Platform (P-SHHCP), Child Smart Holistic Health Care Platform (C-SHHCP)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Defense Medical University, Taiwan
Tectal Plate Glioma
Study of Brain Tumors (Tectal Tumors) Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Tectal plate gliomas are relatively rare tumors of childhood with a reported incidence of 10%. Their typical clinical presentation is symptoms and signs of hydrocephalus and are often incidentally diagnosed in the imaging work-up…
- Trial name
- NCT00229814
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Brain Tumor, Head and Neck Cancer
Cognitive Outcomes After Brain Substructure-informed Radiation Planning in Pediatric Patients
The goal of this trial is to determine whether it is possible to minimize radiation dose to parts of the brain that are important for thinking and learning in children who require radiation to treat their tumor, and if this will…
- Trial name
- CogRT (NCT05658731)
- Testing
- substructure informed planning, Neurocognitive Testing, MRI
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 338 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Pediatric ALL, Healthy
Multicenter Study on Rehabilitation Medical Data for Pediatric Big Brain Development
Retrospective study for development of imaging-genetics (brain imaging/genome big data) models and algorithms that are clinically explainable and have high predictive performance in brain research on pediatric developmental…
- Trial name
- NCT06367920
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Behavioral assessments
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bundang CHA Hospital
Leukemia, Lymphoma
A Novel Health Information Technology System (BMT Roadmap) for Pediatric BMT Patients and Caregivers
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (BMT), or commonly referred to as blood and marrow transplantation (BMT), is a potentially life-saving therapy for many malignant and non-malignant conditions.
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Lymphoma, Brain Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT02409121
- Testing
- Education information system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
Pediatric ALL
Motivational Interviewing in Adolescents With Epilepsy
Epilepsy is the most common serious neurodevelopmental disorder of childhood characterized by recurrent seizures, affecting approximately 0.9% of children and adolescents worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT06412692
- Testing
- The Motivational Interviewing Technique
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Izmir Katip Celebi University
Concussion, Mild, Concussion, Brain
Acute Concussion and Melatonin
In this study, the investigator plans a randomized trial of melatonin versus placebo post acute pediatric concussion. The investigator hypothesizes that patients with acute concussions managed with melatonin will have improved…
- Conditions
- Concussion, Mild, Concussion, Brain, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- NCT04731974
- Testing
- Melatonin 3 MG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Brain Tumor, Metastatic Brain Tumor
A Study of How Proton Beam Radiotherapy (PBRT) Affects Brain Function and Quality of Life in Children and Young Adults Undergoing Treatment for a Brain Tumor
The researchers are doing this study to find out if there are differences in the resting state brain networks of children and young adults (ages 6-25) after treatment with proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT).
- Trial name
- NCT05288439
- Testing
- Resting-state functional connectivity MRI, Neurocognitive battery with quality-of-life assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center